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It spreads like wildfire or even
faster when you try to conceal. It seems many can maintain anything but
secrecy. Every family, office, or society has some ‘top secrets’ widely spoken
about! Interestingly, anyone sharing ‘highly confidential’ matters doesn’t
always have ill-intentions or loves gossiping; it seems a natural human
tendency to speak out what is supposed to be hidden! The more you keep it under
the wraps, greater the curiosity. After all, it’s never too easy to keep things
to yourself.
It’s a common experience in joint
families where everybody talks about everybody else. Most of the times, it
looks as if people are just waiting for a possible opportunity to target
someone and make it a ‘hot’ topic of discussion. Of course, one thing needs to
be mentioned that there is never any ill will here. Rest assured, they will all
join hands and fight any adversity as one man. No matter how single-handedly
one can handle things, it has to be a group activity in a joint family. You…

Neither exceptionally outstanding nor anything astounding;
this is how I can describe myself. I am like most of you, a normal person. Of
course, being ‘normal’ is very relative. Everyman’s concept of normality
depends on the background one hails from and more importantly, on the expanse
of one’s thinking and experience. Anything beyond one’s expanse could appear
‘abnormal’ or ‘shocking’.
People, whose idea of leading a normal life is all about
education, job, marriage and kids, not only love to go through the set pattern
but also live to see the same cycle being repeated by their children and
grandchildren. This is ‘normal’ for them. When they happen to meet persons who
don’t believe in the social institution of marriage, they would be
flabbergasted! They simply cannot imagine there could be a person who doesn’t
want to get married or a couple not too keen on having kids. The later lot, on
its part, would wonder how people could tirelessly go through set patterns
generations after g…

Can there be a day without a
conflict? Sounds difficult, perhaps impossible! Conflict could be too strong a
word to describe this state of mind but minor differences of opinion are part
and parcel of our day-to-day lives. It’s very difficult for two individuals to
agree in totality always. Be it social, domestic or even professional, all
interpersonal relationships work on the uniform principle, “Let’s agree to
disagree.” When you can’t agree and not
argue as well, all you can do is to agree to disagree. Forget with the other
person, it’s even tough to agree with oneself. However hard you try to agree,
mind will always put you in a conflicting situation!
Once it seemed happening to me.
One fine day, I found it hard to agree with people. Everything was as usual. No
specific disturbances to play a spoilsport, neither was there any reason to
disagree every time. Nevertheless, it appeared that all I had to offer to
others that day was an opposite view! Of course, I didn’t sound it acro…

I have been working with The Times of India for couple of years writing in–depth articles on varied subjects. Though it’s all occupied with news, life has so much happening beyond and above the news. Yeah, I have not seen too many summers but most certainly tried my best to tan it out in the fewer ones I have experienced. I am here because I fundamentally like to speak to people and also to hear them out. And why restrict ourselves to flippant talks when we can have more serious and sensible conversations? It can’t be sweet nothings when we think and analyse a little more, we know it’s much more difficult. It’s an open book where we can divulge everything that seems intricate in simpler and uncomplicated terms. Let’s collect beautiful pearls from the vast ocean and we know, we have so much to explore because it’s vast, deep and expansive. And pearls are precious because each of them comes straight from our heart and enriches our lives.